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ALFRED R. woRMwooD AND HANNAI-r e. woRMwooD,- on PORTLAND,

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MEASURlNG-CASE.

SIJECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 702,083, datedJ' une 10, 1902. Application filed November 4, 1901. Serial No. 8] ,05.2.. (No model.)

Be it known that we, ALFRED R. WORM- WOOD and I-IANNAH G. WoRMwooD, citizens of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Cases; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our inventionrelates to improvements 4in measuring-cases, and is especially designed for any finely ground or pnlverized material, such as baking-powders, ground spices, and the like. v

It consists of an outer casing, a removable inner casing with a hopper-shaped bottom, a drawer moving in the outer casing and below the inner casing, a removable measuring-receptacle in said drawer, and in certain other details of construction `that will be hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of our improved device, the dotted lines showing the drawer pulled out. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the extensible drawer with the measuring-receptacle removed therefrom, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the inner case.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.

In said drawings, A represents an outer casing, which we have shown rectangular in outline, although the same may be made in a dierent form without materially depart- Y ing from the spiritof our invention.

B represents an inner casing having a sloping bottom C and an opening D, said case ent-sized measuresgbut we do not -wish to the back part of the solid portion with a stop G, which is adapted when tlie drawer is pulled forward to engage the stop H on the lowerportion of theinner case. I Also to enable the `drawer to be drawn out easily we provide tracks J, which bear on the bottom of the outer casingand serve to facilitate the movement of the drawer in and out.

The object of making the device in two parts-that is, containing an outer casing and an inner casingis that the inner casing being allowed to move up and down a gravity-pressure is at all times exerted on the drawer, and thereforeserves when the drawer is being pushed back to remove any of the pulveriz'ed or powdered-materials that may have dropped on the solid portion and push them into the receptacle, thereby keeping the solid portion clean and at the same time preventing any particles from getting in between the casing and the slide and causing friction and litter thereby. It also further serves to make a tight t of the slide and will naturally take up by gravity any wear that may come thereon by the frequent use of the device, and it further facilitates the cleaning of both cases when occasion requires.

The operation of our improved device is as follows: The cases are placed in position, as-

shown in Fig. 1 in the drawings, and the mapreventing the egress of any further mattei'. The measuring-receptacle is then removed and its contents placed Where desired. The measuring-receptacle is then returned to its place and the drawer pushed back. The process can be repeated as many times as it is desired to use the device.

Our object in providing receptacles of different sizes is to afford an easy means of quickly and accurately measuring quantities of pulverized or powdered materials, and is of especial usefulness where quantities in odd proportions are required, it being understood that but one of the measures can be used at one time.

Having thus described our invention and its use, We claim- 1. In an article of the class described, in combination, an outer casing having an opening in one end and near the bottom thereof, a removable inner casing having an inclined bottom and opening therein, a drawer, one portion thereof being solid, the other portion being open for the reception of a removable lneasuring-receptacle,said innercasingadapted to rest upon the upper surface of said drawer.

2. In an article of the class described, in combination, a plurality of cases, one fitting within the other, the inner case having an inclined bottom and an opening therein, a drawer consisting of a closed and an open portion, the Open portion carrying a removable measuring device with a plurality of divisions, said drawer moving in an opening in the outer casing and underneath the inner case, said inner case resting lightly on said drawer and stops on the under side of said inner casing and on the upper side of said drawer and at the rear thereof to limit the forward movement of said drawer.

3. In a device of the class described, in conr bination, an outer casing having an opening in the end and near the bottom, an inner casing removably mounted in said outer casing and provided with an inclined bottom and an opening therein, a sliding member consisting of closed and open portions, the open portion carrying a removable receptacle consisting ofvarious-sized measuring devices, the inner casing adapted to rest lightly on said sliding member, the solid portion of said sliding member adapted to close the opening in the bottom of the inner casing when said member is in extended posit-ion and the measuring-receptacle to bein registry with the opening in said inner casing when said member is in its closed position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures, in presence of two Witnesses, this 24th day of October, 1901.

ALFRED R. VORMWOOD. HANNAH G. VORMWOOD. In presence of NATHAN CLIFFORD, ELGIN C. VERRILL. 

